MAP08: Medicine House (The Box of a Thousand Demons)

MAP08: Medicine House is the eighth map of The Box of a Thousand Demons. It was designed by Thelokk and uses the music track "".

Essentials
The very narrow pit you start in will raise as soon as you enter the level, lifting you to the edge of a watery indoor pool with a patio surrounding it. Dormant arch-viles and Hell knights will appear: it is recommended to circumvent them and first reach the alcove in the very west of the room, where you will find a plasma rifle and the switch that will open the way out of the room. Dispatch the enemies and proceed east.

You will reach a larger room, with both an outdoor and, to the east of it, an indoor section - the latter has a teleport that is, for the moment, inaccessible. In the outdoor section there is also a very small alcove, with an energy cell pack inside: entering the alcove will lower a wall to the south west of the outdoor section of the room, where you will find a switch that, in turn, lowers another wall to the northeast, allowing for progression.

The next section of the map is linear, leading to a very large switch that grants access to the previously inaccessible teleport: be mindful, however, of the many revenant, Hell nobles and arch-vile ambushes on the way to the switch.

Retrace your steps to the teleport, cross it, and you will find yourself into a very large room, with a few notable landmarks: a monolithic tower of libraries swarming with imps, two large enclosures filled with enemies to the north and the south, and four square, tower-like structures at each corner of the room. Among the latter, the northwestern and southeastern one's top can be reached through somewhat hidden lifts, granting access to two switches that will make the way up the library tower accessible, but also lower the precincts, letting into the room a very large number of Hell knights and revenants, as well as two turret cyberdemons.

Finally, climb the library tower to its very top, where you will find the exit pit, guarded by two more cyberdemons. Drop into the pit to exit the level.

Secrets

 * 1) In the large room, go to the west side of the southwest block and lower it. Ride up to get the BFG9000. (sector 364)

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The data was last verified in its entirety on March 20, 2023.

Player spawns
This level contains four spawn points:
 * 1) facing east. (thing 870)
 * 2) facing west. (thing 871)
 * 3) facing north. (thing 872)
 * 4) facing north-west. (thing 873)

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level: